Tim Lavery 🇨🇦

Father husband neighbour Salmon Arm city councillor Born=311 PPM CO2 Today PPM =416

[Tim Lavery 🇨🇦 @AimHighSA]

@danield75442562 @TheBreakdownAB https://t.co/soIc1TEvqw

[Kareem Allam @kareemformayor]

Being mayor is a daily test of making hard decisions. But occasionally, a mayor faces an easy one.

Since March, the Vancouver Liberals have called for suicide barriers on the Granville Bridge: https://t.co/ggrqNAI1Xw

Ken Sim and ABC voted against the suicide barriers, and it’s not even in the capital plan for the next 4 years. The money to do it is there:

❌ $6 million in developer charges—somehow not collected
❌ $13 million for FIFA tickets
❌ $54 million for Granville Bridge upgrades (see promised vs. delivered below)
❌ $64 million cash for an unbuilt Art Gallery and a $100m public land donation
❌ $120 million in overruns for the PNE Amphitheater
❌ Property taxes increased by $700m/yr

Ken Sim, make the easy decision. Build the barrier.

[Tim Lavery 🇨🇦 @AimHighSA]

The second photo illustrates how additional demands further stack up ... and yup I'm still paper based as that seems to make the most sense ... for me at least ⌚️📆🧰

[Tim Lavery 🇨🇦 @AimHighSA]

PSA for those considering running in the Oct/26 #SalmonArm local election - It's a commitment that requires considerable amounts of your time: New Year -> new 2026 calendar getting setup with core regularly-scheduled meetings first before other responsibilities are calendared in

[Tim Lavery 🇨🇦 @AimHighSA]

Mtn Ash berries, fresh non-frozen water & #SalmonArm flock friends

[Tim Lavery 🇨🇦 @AimHighSA]

The return of light is slow at first, then picks up speed as Earth's tilt angle changes faster.

[Tim Lavery 🇨🇦 @AimHighSA]

Yes it is! We won't notice but tomorrow we'll gain approximately 1 second of daylight compared to today. Then the gain accelerates. By December 28th 30 seconds will be added. By January 10th, 10 minutes. By February 1st, 40 minutes.

[Prince George RCMP @PG_RCMP]

What do a tow truck, a police car, a hearse and Operation Red Nose have in common? 🚓
They’re all ways you can get home when you’re impaired – but only one takes you straight home! 🏠
Call 250-962-7433 for a safe ride home.

[Tim Lavery 🇨🇦 @AimHighSA]

As a guide, any increase in the total budget of $238K in expenditures = ~ a 1% tax increase to the average #SalmonArm residential homeowner.
https://t.co/hqkTXMB5kG...

[Tim Lavery 🇨🇦 @AimHighSA]

#SalmonArm council begins the 2026 budget process this coming Monday. Link 👇This’ll be the 12th annual budget I’ve been a part of & the decisions required to balance needed improvements, maintenance of critical infrastructure and services that residents want to see ...

[Tim Lavery 🇨🇦 @AimHighSA]

... and transparent leadership. This is the process that starts on Dec 15th !
Check out the #SalmonArm budget summary report being presented for council’s considerations by our CFO. There’s also up-to $2.8 million of further requests from the public for additional funding.

[Margaret E Atwood @MargaretAtwood]

Here's a piece of literature by me, suitable for seventeen-year-olds in Alberta schools, unlike -- we are told -- The Handmaid's Tale. (Sorry, kids; your Minister of Education thinks you are stupid babies.)

John and Mary were both very, very good children. They never picked their noses or had bowel movements or zits. They grew up and married each other, and produced five perfect children without ever having sex. Although they claimed to be Christian, they paid no attention to what Jesus actually said about the poor and the Good Samaritan and forgiving your enemies and such; instead, they practised selfish rapacious capitalism, because they worshipped Ayn Rand. (Though they ignored the scene in The Fountainhead where “welcomed rape” is advocated, because who wants to dwell, and also that would have involved sex and would de facto be pornographic. Well, it kind of is, eh?) Oh, and they never died, because who wants to dwell on, you know, death and corpses and yuk? So they lived happily ever after. But while they were doing that The Handmaid’s Tale came true and Danielle Smith found herself with a nice new blue dress but no job. The end.

[George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway3d]

Canadians understand Trump, and how to deal with him, much better than Europeans.
https://t.co/gFhOf4PprI

[Roddy 🇨🇦 @RodKahx]

Covid is a thing again among the labor force in the US. It's not good.

[Tim Lavery 🇨🇦 @AimHighSA]

Bee Balm & Hummers - amazing symbiosis in action

[Tim Lavery 🇨🇦 @AimHighSA]

The much delayed realization that your first computer – one that is younger than you – is an antique!

[Tim Lavery 🇨🇦 @AimHighSA]

Safe journey to this family Heading to Shuswap Lake ~ 1/3 of a #SalmonArm km away

[Tim Lavery 🇨🇦 @AimHighSA]

"Hug it out" - Brilliant tourism initiative yes but great on so many levels 🇨🇦 Check it out
https://t.co/DgXs5VAzmT

[Tim Lavery 🇨🇦 @AimHighSA]

Check out this FireSmart BC link for best FS landscaping practices and fire-resistant plants #SalmonArm There are many easy & cost-effective steps you can do to protect your home & property https://t.co/HxjiUel9Lu Just starting is a good start!